Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21
Sir WALTER sCoTT.
Lie ana Character 81 the
wizard 81 the Nsrth.

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ona a. he fsw sasa Of Ne pas won
"a have almost haostnA.ly w. y
- WsI.er seal. Hines bass ha1 see
s.rnnrsanIfg 81 lookina at tne msvsiis. :
800 4 hnge aons 70 eoue dfnda<fy 70
$500 $40 viii bring him peEsonaiiy
fnrwnsa fhat be nay be realized. -.
We re hfss Bappcse 9 usan eisa
aftV-as3 years eaes q sne 80 g -
veara. Wksn be disd, Rnssloent . 80 :
- 80 eR,e Arsesiann RsoaSdsnts and
Ahrahsn Ianeoln was only ~ yeass o ~
GFant vas Fidina horses afoaon 80
faahnrss tannery. 11ote Ss1enl y -
800 $1,000 n ths Americas heEsin.
tIou. whioh ooourro9 whsn pc Va eno1.
n ysaFg ola. He oace mes hooeEs
Barns Ia hia native town 81 I'LL pask.
Rnrns 80 4 poor eoantgy fesiow wno
80 900 10 fhe Oapltal 70 Ret 3 few
nana6s 81 suhasrspsion from ne people
81 tiIle and fortune. Scott, on toe otnef
hnnd. was ths psKfastion OF booteh
ghrs1fnens and asaFles.4e moee y-LnaA 4
inc. Il d tgue thai b thfevaNey e
m BE houss ths extFsvagant snms ne
FeeeITsd fFsra bis puhlisners POI ~.
l~Atnrr abundautly show tnss ne Woe1a
urobabIV not have WFiissn - Al Dos fos
ne money interest,".
Wien tha I'D Gas mere cnild ne rs
anrt o1s n lha country, aud thsre ne
ers1 lame and vas lane al MS liis;
sn6 AZ thia SCOT 10 The county, when
= ahout fhirty-flve miles from Edie-
Hnsg. - aftervaFd built Abbotsforo.
IA wena 70 both the high school ana
~ TInlVepaity ID EdinbuKRs ano &c
saovn nofad for niseellaneoue residing
than foF hard stady. Love Of seenery
and AZ hietoFy soon possessed him.
sox WYATT SCOTT.
Bat IA was too oanny 10 20 % 80 M
ura6fahla tFade, and enieFed bic fath.
as IaW once 81 the sgs Of 10, AND
$1,000 fhe bar whils WaBhin1toD was
Tsesident. While dFaaing Q salsfy be
ehvew ~ tranalntiona Of German leg
en1a- but pFodueed nothing Of note IN.
IN Is vas about "a, whsn bis "baa'
Wiagfpels appeared. He married 81 ~
an1 hie vile had 80 annuity while
- had A once. when the "LAy
al ~ Last Minstrel" appeared
a carried Scots reputation up 10 the
hi0he1f pltoh. and two great families
TesnotelS oonueeted with him, had bin
giveu az ofiiss 10 the eourtss where d
drew from $500 10 5000 3 year foi
nsrs % nothing during all bis literary
lifo. u vas this support from th'
asata which enabled him 10 finally LAY
aslde tav and once and produce al.
aftNR tails. BY the time he was .
8yron had some In abreast OF him, ant
"a snpplomsntsd him - 9 poet. scot
3id not Improve - poet, wrote t0'
-. We careless and pFolix. His hrs
Eoysl was nrobabiy an event In ite day
hus wonid not nos attract much sttsn
He resolved 10 baild hls big housl
from liitle beginnings vhea he Va
about 40. He was 9 Tory IN politics
0ho considered bis house ef mofo con
sequenos than his writings, since thi
estate gave him consideration anon
Che country gentlemen. These small
nessss Of mind we're agfeeabiy vaFie'
by oAhand good humoE, frequent ca
oouraaomenl Of young literary people
ana oonvlvial habits, which assisted 4
DESTROY him early. 10 has been said a
the standing tradition OF etratfoFo- on
Avon that Shakespeare, after fetirinl
from the stage, was visited BY ~
literary ohums, and shat they drank
muek als together that be was throw
into fever and died. Scott led . III
such a. only Beotchmen dare vensuF
apon "a their banqueia and potastonl
Possibly be had 70 puah his brain. aetiv
AZ Il waa, with stimalAnts Ia order
Ret oa bis immense amount OF work.
His hrst novel had bean commence
nlns years before be took u up aGai
and finished %, and be wfelo u O
auIsk, without much revision. y
xFota from one noVel 10 two novels 1
4 veaF bstwean 1914 and 1929. Prior I
thls BE- had been writing poetry 70
about eighteen yeaFa. he wrote IN "a
mornings tiiI about II o'clock, spent b
winters 10 EdinburR, where he had an
other house, was made . BaFouea 1
$50, and 10 1895 he turned out 20 Be
hankrupi 10 the Hmount OF eSgo.OOl
as pablisheFs had been constantly I'D
gancina him money 10 build Q RFea
house at AbbotsfoTd. A. soon q
one pubilshsg failed another vent dow
also' and then e came out that scot
had been playing the merchant 10 thes
drna and running them By his bEair
ana that he owed ,he enormous amour
Of $4,000.
mkvE OF TIE PIN.
Nov, a the age Of IS, be started I
nav OF this inmenss Indebtedness; B
droppod hia town house. wrote a COT
pla ~ novels, and made q life OF Bons
naFte. which bfouaht him $4,000.
sood Deal of his succeeding work Dor
fha lnapFassion OF hack writing; he ha
made All bis best tales prior 70 his fail
ore. About 1880 be showed signs Q
paealysin, and the Government sent his
70 Italy on q ahip. He came home 81
Ter an absence Oh eight OF nine month";
and disd 10 bis hia house % The eou
Caaaernent Of autumn. He hRd reall
0eid 81 shout ebc6.00o Of his debit
ana after BE death the aooumulation
a hla copyrights continued until the
DISCHARGED the vhOle ansrmous sum.
He vas admirably eqaipped for liiel
AIRY vosk, His head was tall and con
tanned Q uaeFe- house OF bfAinai bic tot
was launa, and, therefore. the oonhns
snent Of literary labor vas not acoompa
uled BIZ restiesaneas. He vas an arden
pafgiol % beth Scotland and EnRlsnS
and henoe his researches into their htl
tory we're both natarsl and congenia
He had 9 light complexiou, quick eFa
eyea, and With this tampoFament
tanned % work most Eapsdly. In Tbs
are there were comparatively few scar
gEsh critics, and thesa we're soon silence
AZ Ahe nawa Of the enormous SONS q
maney Scott could earn. Had be be
. poor man like Burns much Of his wor
Might have been considered presumin
az oveFoonadent. bat e. the pr
pxistoF Of q great country hcas'
aisk 20 eBd Of Dakes
whom he claimed relationship al
Vansine him moGey by the thousands q
pounda, With his band upon nearly q
he serial review literature Of Englant
20 that be eoaid make o. mar . COZ
Temporary, be led nearly royal cares
n tetters, and no man sinea hss day b
had anything liks bic degree Of success
scorT = HSRoS.
Sootk'a contemporary vas Lord BS
ron, His Sifo visited Scott. and a
tWo authors weFs &C tefus Of mGsa,
admiration. seott wAs Tory, With q
belief ID tue popalaoa. he eoosidare
ths paasamlry and The poor ~ ia
aaaplsa in teeiF unshansiea state
hia Imaginative purtasea. hYFcn Too
az TIE sptfit cf tee ffeEeh kevoiutie
and repeated u IN tAe Esglish lAr
guaeS. he left. % the whele. moi
Csoloasa reflections IN mere poet
fosma than Scoti; aud IN The nead q p
nance discarded The mOra 0othio sa
reandinsa Of Scott. and ereated q
snadeEa individual, independent spiFi